Journal of Conflict Resolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Conflict Resolution is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Of One’s Own Making: Leadership Legitimation Strategy and Human Rights41
Contributing to Peace26
Is Terrorism Really a Weapon of the Weak? Debunking the Conventional Wisdom22
Your Reputation Precedes You: Ceasefires and Cooperative Credibility During Civil Conflict21
Inclusion, Recognition, and Inter-Group Comparisons: The Effects of Power-Sharing Institutions on Grievances21
Insurgency, Border Contiguity, and Social Conflict in Neighbor Countries20
“Right-Peopling” the State: Nationalism, Historical Legacies, and Ethnic Cleansing in Europe, 1886-202020
The Economic Coercion Trilemma19
The Determinants of Post-Sanctions Economic Recovery19
I Still Haven’t Found what I’m Looking for: Predicting Security-Related Incidents and Conflict Fatalities with Google Trends and Wikipedia Data19
Does Peacekeeping Mitigate the Impact of Aid on Conflict? Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Aid and Violence Against Civilians17
What They Are Fighting For – Introducing the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset17
Leader Similarity and International Sanctions16
Cohesion Among Whom? Stayees, Displaced, and Returnees in Conflict Contexts16
Returning Veterans’ Attitudes Toward Democracy: Evidence From a Survey of Ukraine’s ATO Veterans16
Dovish Hawks: How Leaders’ Combat Experience Influences the End of Civil Conflicts in Peace Agreements15
Does Deplatforming Work?15
Institutional Change as a Response to Unrealized Threats: An Empirical Analysis15
Choosing Where to Fight: Do Social Networks Distinguish American ISIS Foreign Fighters from ISIS-Inspired Terrorists?15
Terrorist Attacks and Trust in Institutions: Micro Evidence From Europe14
State breakdown and Army-Splinter Rebellions14
Alliance Reliability and Dispute Escalation13
Intrastate Conflict, War Finance, and the Expropriation of Foreign Firms12
Lingua Franca as a Hidden Barrier to Conflict Resolution12
Pathways to Cooperation: A Relational Theory of Rebel Alliance Formation12
The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns and Transnational Repression12
The Meddling American Voter? How Norms, Interests, and Great Power Rivalries Affect U.S. Public Support for Partisan Electoral Interventions Abroad12
UN Security Council Elections as an Incentive for Compliance12
On Nuclear Superiority and National Security12
Do Proxies Provide Plausible Deniability? Evidence From Experiments on Three Surveys12
The Power of Cabinet Appointments in Autocracies: Elite Cooptation and Anti-Regime Mass Uprisings11
Plots, Attacks, and the Measurement of Terrorism11
Does Violence Against Journalists Deter Detailed Reporting? Evidence From Mexico11
Gentrification and Social Unrest: The Blitz, Urban Change and the 2011 London Riots11
The Dual Effect of COVID-19 on Intergroup Conflict in the Korean Peninsula11
Biophysiological Risk-Factors for Political Violence11
Virtual Immersive Contact: A Field Experiment to Reduce Prejudice and Discrimination in Central African Republic10
In the Army We Trust: Public Confidence in Global South Militaries10
Building Partner Capacity: US Aid to Security Sector Actors10
The Shadow of Deterrence: Why Capable Actors Engage in Contests Short of War10
Spoiling the Broth? The Impact of Militia Violence on Peace Negotiations10
When Does Security Cooperation Increase Foreign Aid Allocation?10
Economic Decoupling as a Readiness Signaling Device10
Contestation, Governance, and the Production of Violence Against Civilians: Coercive Political Order in Rural Colombia10
Unfulfilled Aspirations: Autonomy, Regional Boundaries, and Self-Determination Conflicts9
Religiosity, Political Tolerance, and Willingness to Reconcile in Post-conflict Contexts: Evidence From Colombia9
Beyond Ransom and Political Concessions? Explaining Changes in Insurgents’ Kidnapping Involvement Versus Event-frequency9
Due Process and Accountability Under Transitional Justice: Evidence from Mosul, Iraq9
Sanctions-Busting, Material Power, and Institutional Support for Economic Sanctions9
Restitution or Retribution? Detainee Payments and Insurgent Violence9
Backgrounds With Benefits? Rebel Group Origins and Concessions During Civil Wars in Africa9
Lockdown and Unrest: Inequality, Restrictions and Protests During COVID-199
When Deterrence Backfires: House Demolitions, Palestinian Radicalization, and Israeli Fatalities9
Violence as a Condition: Structure, Composition, and the Use of Lethal Force8
The Determinants of Terrorist Listing8
Electoral Integrity, the Concession of Power, and the Disciplining Role of Protests8
Weapons of the Weak: Technological Change, Guerrilla Firepower, and Counterinsurgency Outcomes8
Does the Bomb Really Embolden? Revisiting the Statistical Evidence for the Nuclear Emboldenment Thesis8
The Effects of Economic Sanctions on Foreign Asset Expropriation8
Achieving Minimum Deterrence: A New Dyadic Dataset on Strategic Nuclear Weapons Delivery Capabilities7
Triangles, Major Powers, and Rivalry Duration7
Armed Conflicts With Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State: The Role of Repression and State Capacity7
Titans that Clash and a State that Buffers7
Broadcasting Out-Group Repression to the In-Group: Evidence From China7
The Double-Edged Sword of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Terrorism7
Named and Shamed: International Advocacy and Public Support for Repressive Leaders7
Race, Religion, and American Support for Humanitarian Intervention7
Erratum to “Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty”7
From Cooptation to Violence: Managing Competitive Authoritarian Elections7
The Soviet Legacy and the Global South’s Reactions to Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the UN General Assembly7
Is Ethnic Violence Self-Perpetuating? Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Hindu-Muslim Riots in India7
Pride and Prejudice: The Dual Effects of “Wolf Warrior Diplomacy” on Domestic and International Audiences7
Reaching for the Threshold: How Minimum Participation Rules Facilitate Multilateral Treaty Ratification7
Past and Present Group Exclusion and Conflict: Group Marginalization, Opportunity, and Islamic State Foreign Fighter Mobilization7
Knowing What We Don’t: The Fundamental Problem of Data Quality in Conflict Research—and Methodological Solutions7
Rebel, Remain, or Resign? Military Elites’ Decision-Making at the Onset of the American Civil War7
Explaining Public Demands for Border Militarization7
Losing Hearts & Minds: Aid and Ideology7
Power, Parity, and Place: Why Forgetting the Loss-of-Strength Gradient Misses the Relative Power Relationship6
Responding to Uncertainty: The Importance of Covertness in Support for Retaliation to Cyber and Kinetic Attacks6
Civil-Military Relations and Domestic Terrorism6
Divergent Perceptions of Peace in Post-Conflict Societies: Insights from Sri Lanka6
Faith-Based Discrimination and Violent Religious Hostilities: A Global Analysis6
Arctic Shock: Utilizing Climate Change to Test a Theory of Resource Competition6
Coordination and Fair Division in Refugee Responsibility Sharing6
Repression and Dissent: How Tit-for-Tat Leads to Violent and Nonviolent Resistance6
The Impact of Terrorism on Democratic Support in Africa6
Insurgent Conscription for Capacity and Control: State Violence and Coerced Recruitment in Civil War6
Just Patronage? Familiarity and the Diplomatic Value of Non-Career Ambassadors6
The Bombing of Hospitals and Rebel Responses in Civil War. Evidence from Syria6
Political Opportunity Structure Conditions the Legacy of Political Violence6
Civil War Settlements, Perceived Agreement Fairness, and Trust in Political Authorities: Investigating the Influence of Power Sharing on Public Opinion in Divided Societies5
Armies and Influence: Elite Experience and Public Opinion on Foreign Policy5
Two Dilemmas in the Politics of Ethnic Federalism: Experimental Evidence From Ethiopia5
What it Takes to Return: UN Peacekeeping and the Safe Return of Displaced People5
Fighting in Cyberspace: Internet Access and the Substitutability of Cyber and Military Operations5
The Double-Edged Sword: How State Capacity Prolongs Autocratic Tenure but Hastens Democratization5
Democracy’s Ambivalent Effect on Terrorism5
The Interwar Period International Trade in Arms: A New Dataset5
Looking Like a Winner: Leader Narcissism and War Duration5
Rainy Friday: Religious Participation and Protests5
Living in Fear? Political Violence and Authoritarian Attitudes Among Politicians in South Africa5
Can a Sense of Shared War Experience Increase Refugee Acceptance?5
Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence From Criminal Groups in Mexico5
On the Historical Roots of Interstate Conflicts: Evidence From Folklore Motifs5
Rebels with a Cause: Does Ideology Make Armed Conflicts Longer and Bloodier?5
Terrorism Works, for its Supporters5
Who Gets the Guns? How Democratic Values and Security Threats Affect American Attitudes Toward Military Aid5
Can Religious Reinterpretations Bridge the Secular-Religious Divide? Experimental Evidence from Tunisia5
Secessionism and Wartime Sexual Violence5
Bureaucracy at the Border: The Fragmentation of United States Foreign Aid5
Interstate Conflict Can Reduce Support for Incumbents: Evidence from the Israeli Electorate and the Yom Kippur War5
Poverty and Prejudice: Evidence From Myanmar5
Nationalism, Regime Type, and Trade Agreements5
Multidimensional Identity Cleavages and Religious Discrimination5
Type of Violence and Ingroup Identity: Evidence From the Spanish Civil War5
Expression of Concern4
Transatlantic Shakedown: Presidential Shaming and NATO Burden Sharing4
Military Insubordination and International Coercion4
Testing the Firebreak: Experimental Evidence on Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in India and Pakistan4
Do Citizens’ Preferences Matter? Shaping Legislator Attitudes Towards Peace Agreements4
Deliberate Nuclear First Use in an Era of Asymmetry: A Game Theoretical Approach4
Selling Violent Extremism4
How Ethnic Discrimination Shapes Political Reintegration After War: Insights From a Conjoint Experiment in Colombia4
Domestic Political Unrest and Sovereign Bond Ratings in the Developing World4
When Fairness is Unfair: Norm Abandonment in Bargaining and Its Implications for Peace Negotiations4
A Call to Arms: How Rebel Groups Choose Their Recruitment Appeals4
Can Rebels Bolster Trust in the Government? Evidence from the Philippines4
Friday on My Mind: Re-Assessing the Impact of Protest Size on Government Concessions4
Seeing what Citizens Miss: How Monitors Improve Election Violence Reporting4
Provocation, Bargaining, and War4
Elite Cues and Public Attitudes Towards Military Alliances4
Interstate Resource Conflicts: A Network-Centric Resource Access Security Perspective4
The Urban Origins of Rebellion4
Group Enrolment and Conflict Behavior4
Citizens and Peace Mediations in Divided Societies: Identifying Zones of Agreement through a Conjoint Survey Experiment4
Wartime Experiences and Popular Support for Peace Agreements: Comparative Evidence from Three Cases4
The Long-Term Economic Legacies of Rebel Rule in Civil War: Micro Evidence From Colombia4
Who Punishes Leaders for Lying About the Use of Force? Evaluating The Microfoundations of Domestic Deception Costs3
Decision Making on the World Court: Are International Judges Geopolitically Biased?3
Peace Negotiations in Civil Conflicts: A New Dataset3
Local Ceasefires and De-escalation: Evidence From the Syrian Civil War3
Is China-Taiwan Rapprochement Possible? Experimental Evidence From Taiwan3
Paper Tigers: Assessing the Role of Corruption in Shaping Conflict Outcomes3
Us and Them: Foreign Threat and Domestic Polarization3
From Moscow With a Mushroom Cloud? Russian Public Attitudes to the Use of Nuclear Weapons in a Conflict With NATO3
Legacies of Survival: Historical Violence and Ethnic Minority Behavior3
When Do Imposed Sanctions Work? The Role of Target Regime Type3
Incumbent-Aligned Terrorism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from Argentina’s 1973 Elections3
Political Imprisonment and Protest Mobilization: Evidence From the GDR3
The Warm War: The Effect of Ukrainian President’s Communal Personality Traits on Empathy and Pro-Social Behavior towards the Ukrainians3
Economic Theory of Alliances: Sixty Years Later3
The Rise and Fall of the Confucian Long Peace: A New Dataset for Analyzing Regional Conflict Management in East Asia (1598–1894)3
Measuring Arms: Introducing the Global Military Spending Dataset3
Bruce Russett Award for Article of the Year in JCR for 20213
Major Power Rivalry and Wedge Strategy of Concessions3
Conflict Events Worldwide Since 1468BC: Introducing the Historical Conflict Event Dataset3
Attitudes Towards Extremist Organizations in the United States2
Secret Police Organizations and State Repression2
Introducing the Rebels’ Armament Dataset (RAD): Empirical Evidence on Rebel Military Capabilities2
Does the US Really Embolden its Allies? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Japan2
I’ll Be Back? Exiled Leaders and Political Instability2
Income and Terrorism: Insights From Subnational Data2
Rebel Leader Age and the Outcomes of Civil Wars2
Violent Political Protest: Introducing a New Uppsala Conflict Data Program Data Set on Organized Violence, 1989-20192
The Long-run Impact of Childhood Wartime Violence on Preferences for Nuclear Proliferation2
Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal2
Violence and Children’s Education: Evidence From Administrative Data2
International Negotiations in the Shadow of Elections2
War on Aisle 5: Casualties, National Identity, and Consumer Behavior2
Military Experience and Casualty Sensitivity in Elite Discourse: Evidence From the U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan2
The Militarized Interstate Confrontation Dataset, 1816-20142
Alliance Formation in Regional Space: Shifting the Battlefront Between Competing Hegemonial Powers2
Trading Arms, Trading Values? Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Arms Exports Among Citizens and Political Elites2
The Long Shadow of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Nonstate Actor Violence2
Dissent Networks, State Repression, and Strategic Clemency for Defection2
The New Terrain of Global Governance: Mapping Membership in Informal International Organizations2
Do Humanitarian Military Interventions Foster Economic Growth?2
Public Preferences for Intergroup Assistance in Conflicts Facing Joint External Threats: Lessons From COVID-19 in Israel2
Targeting Quality or Quantity? The Divergent Effects of Targeting Upper Verses Lower-Tier Leaders of Militant Organizations2
Exports, Employment and Conflict: Evidence From the Second Intifada2
Winning Hearts and Minds? How the United States Reassured During the Russo-Ukrainian War2
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